Departmental Sick Leave

David Simpson: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many staff in the  (a) Government Equalities Office and  (b) Equality and Human Rights Commission have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.

Michael Jabez Foster: The Government Equalities Office does not hold information on sickness absence from before October 2007. Since October 2008, no staff in the Government Equalities Office have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days.
	Four staff in the Equality and Human Rights Commission have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.